Bliss English Club

Dear all blissers,

Last week we visited Angela’s luxurious house in 青山鎮. We enjoyed great cakes, fruits as our afternoon tea, and some of us swam in the SPA swimming pools there. I was surprised that there should be a ‘lake’ inside the community, a really big one!  I wish someday I could afford buying a house like this for my retired life, ha.  Thanks Ellen, 灌強, Barkley, Elise, Joey, Kevin, Sandy, Vicky, Olivia and her fiancé, Willy and his family, Catherine, Belle, Stephanie, Naihsin, Karl, Fox and of course, Angela and her parents.  This is our photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/ilovebliss.taipei/TheThirdOutingOf2010September25th#

This week I invite my English tutor, Ben, to host a meeting for us. I’ve known Ben for a year. He is from United States , and now an English teacher in Taipei . He’s quite humorous in class and is going to talk about his home state, Louisiana for the first half of his meeting. And then, he will share about traveling experience, so each of us could bring 1-3 photographs and share with each other.  The following agenda is from Ben.

Best Regards,

Mengta

Hello Everyone,

I am an American English teacher in Taipei and I am very happy to have
the opportunity to meet you all this Saturday.  I enjoy meeting new
people and learning about other cultures, and that is exactly what I
have planned for us this weekend.  Our meeting on Saturday will center
around the language of cultural exchange.  Basically, I intend to
provide a platform from which we can all exercise our abilities in
exchanging information (in English!) with people from different and
sometimes very foreign lands.  These are very simple concepts, all you
need to remember are two basic motivations; first, to fully express
your curiosity through clear and meaningful questions, and second, to
express yourself and your ideas clearly.

The agenda is listed below:

2:00-2:30
Individual introductions:  Everyone will have an opportunity to
introduce themselves in any way they wish.

2:30-3:30
Open question forum in which I will introduce a short history of my
state ( Louisiana ) and its culture.  During this time, we will have an
open discussion as I present my background, and I would prefer if each
person asked at least one or two questions during this
presentation/discussion.

3:30-5:00
During the last half of our meeting I would like to give everyone the
opportunity to share a travel story of their own.  Each person will
tell the group one of their favorite travel/vacation stories and have
1-3 photographs to help support their story.

Enjoy your week and I’ll see you on Saturday!

Ben